Ejector mechanism for drop-down guns



'jed to be actuated by a part frame or body of the gun. This actuating Britain, residing at 30 Bristol road, Boum-ig: brook, `Birn'iingham, in the county of War- Y wich, England, gunsmith, have invented certain'A new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Ejector Mechanisms for Drop- Down Guns, of which the following is a specification. v n.

According to the present invention Vthe spring which exercises the ejecting eiort is adapted to be charged7 or constrained upon the opening of the gun; said spring is thusV under all normal conditions in the uncharged7 condition. j

In carrying out the present invention I pivot to that part of the gun known as the fore-end which is located below the barrel` to move therewith, a lever which is controlled by a spring, and which lever is adaptcarried by the part cooperates with the hammer and when the latter has been impelled to strike the cartridge the said actuating part is caused to project in such a manner that upon opening the gun the lever above mentioned is' first rocked against the Vresistance of its control spring and subsequently released and under the iniuence oi' its spring returned to its initial position, thereby actuating the ejector. v

In order that this invention may be clearly l understood and readily carried into practice, reference may be had to the appended ex-l planatory sheets oi' drawings, upon which Figure l is a central longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the stock and .of the barrel of a drop-down gun provided with an ejector mechanism constructedV in accordance with the present invention, and showing the barrel in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the barrel in broken or open position.

In a convenient embodiment of the present invention I employ a hammer 4, suchas is described in my concurrent application Serial No. 319,025 of evenV date herewith,

comprising a vertically disposed block located in a'cavity inthe rear face of the frame or body, Vsaid block carrying the iiringpin and being also combined withv a telescopic bolt extending longitudinally within fa Y pocket in the frame. The sear is indicatedat vand notched atx below its front kvertex to vcooperates with the cartridge case ejectorV Abeen ired. The engaging surfaces of the respect-iveteeth are so inclined that upon env .The time g; is? perforated y, iogiaiain tor lever hereafter described.y Said slidel rod s has at its forward extremity an enlarge- 'ment furnished. with a tooth u-` which,

when thefsl'ide is in its advanced position, is

adapted to'project from the curved front surface oi the frame or body in relation toV which the tore-end moves when the barrel is broken down. I

TheY fore-end carries an ejector hammer c which may be of substantially triangular form pivoted at w near to its lower vertex, f

accommodate the upper limb of a -V-spring.y y, b-ylwhich said ejector hammer is controlled. At its rear upper vertex the ejector hammerv is in the form of a tooth 2 which 6. The lower vertex of the ejector hammer comprises a tooth 3 which is adapted to .co.' operate with the slide tooth u which-las before mentioned pro-jects yif a cartridge'has gagement of the teeth Yan interlocking function is obtained. VAs' a result 'of this interlocking function the slide s, t is retained from rearward displacement aiiter'the4 tiring upon the opening ofthe gun.` Y' Thecontinued opening of the gun results in a forward'rockking of the ejector hammer o until the engagj ing face oi the tooth 3 has passed ahori* 955; z'ontal position. Further opening of the gun f causes the engaging face of the tooth 3 to. assume a position, such that fit forces 3 the slide tooth u rearwardly out ot" engage" ment; the ejector hammer is accordinglyre- 100 ejector hammer v is limited init's ejecting'lo movement, that is to say it is retained in the positionV shown in Figs. l and 2' by the v ejector. j y

|The sliding member s maybe slightly Y bowed so that it is frctionally retained nor- '7110.'Y

90 lhammer l has been retracted consequent Y V7 position, preferably- :byJ-striking its VVreary end. Y f 'lh'e Aslide kis preferably returnedI to its" non- Voperative position by the. action of theejec-` sof its barrel Vis loaded,V

molly in the position shown n'Fg. lwhen l What I claim :is nventonland l'eeie' to secure by Letterspatent is z In combination with theframe and' lthe kpivotally mounted barrel of e rearm, a

, lmovable Cartridge ejector .carried bythe barf seid enlargement, the toothl of the said-Cookn rel, L pvotally mounted spring actuated? ejector hammer also.V carried bythe barrel Aand havngetooth, end a cooking elementL L for the ejector hammer andfcomprisng af roel slidable longitudinally in a bore in 'theframer and movable forwardlyby the rng hammer, 'Said rodhavng an' enlargement; at. its V:front-@engi nel a toothon the front Side of' ing* element ooaetng'wth the tooth 'of the ej eotol hammer! tol move` Said ej eotorlhammer Ytococked:`=]g o stion during initial bre'lkingl movement ofthe'barrel, then moving' past 20V V*and dsengagngsald tooth of said J ejector 'o hammer and releas''ng'the latftexfas the bait#y f i J'el mache-s fully broken postionfandisad tooth of .the ejector hammer lrengaging and tion.`

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